When joking about tragedies, how soon is too soon? Singapore-born comedian Jocelyn Chia joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 during a...
Harith added that while Malaysia is still a developing nation, the country was “definitely First World” when it comes to “kindness and thoughtfulness”.
Responding to a critic on her Instagram page, Chia, an alumnus of St Nicholas Girls’ School and National Junior College, wrote: “Tragedy plus time=comedy. It’s been long enough man.” Some netizens tagged Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, known for his fried rice critic Uncle Roger character, urging him to respond to Chia’s jokes at the expense of his country.But Chia’s set, which she dedicated to Singapore’s founding premier Lee, did earn the approval of at least one Malaysian, with comedian Jason Leong commenting that he “liked this bit”.
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